General Motorsport Thread

[JasonM]

9 hours ago, Lineker said:

Kobayashi is on pole at Le Mans!

First Takuma Sato wins the Indy 500, now this.

[Adam]

10 hours ago, Lineker said:

Kobayashi is on pole at Le Mans!

In a lap record as well, great effort.

[JasonM]

For people wanting to check Le Mans out, maybe flick in and out of the broadcast (since it's fucking long!), Eurosport is airing Le Mans for its entirety with minor ad breaks. People in the USA can watch it on FS1 or on the Fox Sports Go app

The race starts in 20 minutes from this post. 14:00 GMT/BST, 9AM ET

Edited June 17, 2017 by Jasonmufc

[JasonM]

1 hour  before the midway mark. And total drama in the LMP1. Toyota was running in #1, then the car died and shortly thereafter their #2 died too. Now they only got one car, way back in the standings running 29 laps behind.

Two Porsches left racing, Nick Tandy in the #1 car drives up front, and the #2 car is driving back in 17th place.

With how dramatic things have been and how far the race still has to go, Porsche can either get an uncontested 1-2 at the end, or perhaps no LMP1 ends up finishing the race leaving LMP2's to compete for the overall podium!

Edited June 18, 2017 by Jasonmufc

[JasonM]

4 hours to go, Porsche looks to be driving pretty confidently to an overall win. Then their engine went down, and by all accounts they're done too. Meaning that in an hour or so time when the laps have been caught up the race will be lead by an LMP2, with the entire top 3 being made up by LMP2's!

Porsche #2 could still technically go for the overall win, but it would be an extremely close shave and they'd have to push like madmen to make it happen because the LMP2 are formidable this year. And if Porsche #2 decides to push for that win, they might just as easy throw themselves out of the running and pave the way for Toyota to get the most unlikely LMP1 victory ever.

Less than 4 hours left, and it's all to race for!

[GA!]

That fucking ending between Aston Martin and Corvette tho.

[Gazz]

Absolutely awful crash at the Macau GP bike race has killed the rider. Bike popped up on a corner and launched him into the fence, force removed his helmet. Think Dan Wheldon's crash but on a bike. Fuck knows what is going on having a bike race on a narrow street circuit. Madness.

[JasonM]

21 hours ago, Gazz said:

Absolutely awful crash at the Macau GP bike race has killed the rider. Bike popped up on a corner and launched him into the fence, force removed his helmet. Think Dan Wheldon's crash but on a bike. Fuck knows what is going on having a bike race on a narrow street circuit. Madness.

As a whole Macau is a shitshow every single year. The F3 race was remarkably 'clean', with only the crash on the final lap to really 'excite'. But then the GT3/WTCC races had massive pile-up's.

The only reason Macau is still being driven is the same reason why people still drive Monaco. 'Prestige' and all that, but the difference maker is that Monaco is being driven by the best talent, and Macau is 'amateur' racing.

It's insane, though. Macau is and always be an utterly nuts racing weekend.

[Taxation is Theft]

Roger Penske has purchased Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation. That includes the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the NTT IndyCar Series. If anybody on this planet can make American open wheel racing relevant again, its Roger Penske.

[Meacon Keaton]

I've really enjoyed IndyCar the last couple years, but I'm excited to see what new he brings to the table. 

[Taxation is Theft]

I agree with you that the on track product has been better, but the 'not good enough for F1' stigma is still there. 

[ThrillhouseMAX]

Really horrific crash at the end of the Daytona 500 involving Ryan Newman. The fact that there have been no medical updates about him since it happened kind of scares me. I hope everything is going to be okay. Crash footage in spoilers.  

 

Spoiler

https://twitter.com/NASCARONFOX/status/1229577113491136512?s=20

 

[Meacon Keaton]

He was apparently awake when they took him out of the car. But yeah, it's weird that it's been over an hour and nobody has any kind of update. 

[gunnar hendershow]

Getting seriously bad Dale Earnhardt vibes with this silence. I too heard he was awake and all, but nothing confirmed by anyone is worrisome.

[ThrillhouseMAX]

 

 

[Lineker]

 

[Lineker]

 

[Lineker]

Crazy start to Le Mans. Wet track and virtually every fucker has spun already!

[Lineker]

 

[JasonM]

It's both bizarre and kinda meme-worthy. But honestly good on Jenner to attach her presence to the W-Series as a team owner. The interest she'll bring to the sport purely from her name alone will be good to give it the much needed attention it deserves and requires to continue growing as a legit racing series.